ASUS ZenWiFi AX Whole-Home Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System(XT8), Coverage Up to 510sq m or 5500sq ft 6+ Rooms, 6.6 Gbps WiFi, 3 SSIDs, Life-Time Free Network Security and PS5 Compatible, 2.5G Port

Purchased to replace a basic (cheap!) dual-band mesh system I’ve been running with for a couple of years which was starting to throw up some issues, particularly regarding slow device handover and Apple HomeKit disconnections and automation failures.Installation of the ZenWifi with my existing modem/router should have been easy once I connected the supplied ethernet cable to my existing modem/router. However after almost 4 hours of multiple resets, retries with iPhone app, connecting with laptop, trying different setup configurations, the ZenWifi units would just not connect to the internet. At this point I had the packaging all ready for a return when I thought ‘one more try’ but, this time, I disconnected the SUPPLIED ethernet cable connecting the master unit to my TP-Link modem router and used an old one of my own - bingo! - had the units setup and connected in a couple of minutes. Moral of this story is to never fully trust a connecting cable supplied with the product!The difference compared to my old setup is phenomenal. Full internet speed via wifi with all iOS and MacOS devices everywhere in the house, including the back garden, despite the fact that the house is 18th Century with 2 foot thick walls. All IoT devices work flawlessly. Wireless file transfer to my NAS is 4 to 5 times faster that with the old mesh system. Stability seems as solid as a rock. Haven’t even bothered to ‘tweak’ any settings as the default out of the box configuration seems to work just fine - if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!. In saying that the configuration options are plentiful, either accessed via the phone app or the web interface.In summary, although relatively expensive, this system is worth every penny if you have a need to bolster your WiFi and have a multitude of devices to connect, including some with WiFi 6. Just be wary of using the supplied ethernet cable if you have setup problems! Highly recommended.

After two weeks of use I am very pleased with this new system. I bought a two unit pack, plus one additional unit, to replace a flaky Linksys Velop tri-band setup. My stone terraced house is between two others which have been converted to flats, so the WiFi spectrum is quite crowded and my old system failed to hold a manually set channel, and was constantly hunting for a 'better' signal with frequent drops in speed. This only became a problem after neighbours switched to Virgin Broadband and changed their routers.These new units have similar range, and i can set all three to use the same channel and they stay on that chosen channel. Now we do not have frequent channel hopping for my own, and neighbouring, networks. I have strong coverage across three floors and into the extension - with some solid walls and some lath and plaster walls, with full speed throughout the main house and around a 30% speed drop in the extension and garage.Setup was simple once my telephone connected to the first unit, I then powered up the additional units when prompted in the app, and in around six minutes they were all linked together and ready to place where needed. Signal strength stabilised quite quickly in the new locations.The AI Protection feature has already protected one user from malicious site visits and I could quickly and easily activate parental controls for devices used by visiting grandsons. Parental controls vary by age group, and devices can be grouped for easy admin. Almost all features can be set in the phone app, with slightly different options in the web interface, and it was easy to set up using my phone, with the website only needed to refine some settings for connected storage.

I've had these in place for about 2 years so have had some good experience.My house is about 5,000 square feet. It's a bungalow so most of the rooms are on the same level, i.e. its quite large distances. I needed to have 4 of the XT8's to get adequate coverage (Asus advertise that 2 should be able to cover 4,500 soft). I did find that even one thick wall tended to impair signal.Having said that, the system is fast and the signal reliable. I've only had to force a reboot about 3 times in two years. The important thing is to keep on top of the updates.The control terminal and the App on the phone are good. Could do with better diagnostic tools

Living in an older house with all brick walls the Virgin Hub 3's wifi I was using before was pretty terrible. I could get close to 200 mbs over WiFi if stood next to the hub which is in the middle of the house. The kitchen and lounge frequently had no connection or was very slow, maybe 1 mbs. The back rooms and upstairs had no connection at all. Coupled with this, the virgin hub's WiFi would just drop out for no reason, sometimes multiple times a day. Virgin is the only ISP providing fast broadband in the rural area where I live so I had to find a way to make it work.I was kind of getting by with some power line extenders, but they were pretty flakey, and could not be trusted for work etc.I bought a 2 pack of these, and crikey they are unbelievable. 10 mins to set up and I now have 220 Mbps in every room in the house and have had zero drop outs since I got them. Moving around the house works seemlessly, and I've had no issues when going from one router to the other. Bandwidth is amazing with many devices connecting simultaneously.I don't know how they do it, but it's like magic. It's a bit of a cost outlay, but already proving to be so worth it.Virgin will try and sell you their own mesh wifi devices, and will charge you a monthly fee for the privilege, but I can't imagine they will come close to these, plus I'll have these ready to go if I switch ISP in the future.From my experience, if you are struggling with WiFi coverage / reliability, these will change everything and having super fast WiFi everywhere just becomes the norm.